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Painting Name: The Whistler's Mother
Painting Artist: James Abbot McNeill Whistler 
Photograph Name: The Viaduct of Trees
Photograph Artist: Alfred Stieglitz


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The painting The Whistler's Mother by James Abbot McNeill Whistler is an elegantly composed portrait showing an older woman in repose, while The Viaduct of Trees by Alfred Stieglitz is a photograph of a large bridge set against a background of trees. Both works showcase the artist's technical skill, but differ in terms of emotional content, with The Whistler's Mother conveying a sense of melancholic contemplation and The Viaduct of Trees suggesting a sense of peacefulness and stability.